Hood for road-vehicles.



W. F. SPURLING.

Hoon PQR RoAD VEHICLES. APPLIUATION FILED AUGJIB, 1913.

1,118,246. Patented N0v.24,1914.

UNITE s'rnrnsA HOOD FOR ROAD-VEHICLES.

.application liledv Angust 18,

T o all whom. 'it may concern A Be it known thatA I, WILLIAM FannMoNl SPURLING, of 19 Mantell street, Islington, A in the county ofLondon, England, have 1nvented certain new and useful Improyements in Hoods 'forRoad=Vehicles` of whlch the 'following is afsp'ecicatiox.-

This invention "relates' to road vehicle hoods ofthekind wherein a rear hood frame, comprising'v two or 'morel upwardly extending diverging hoop. members, is connected by two vsubstantially parallel links to a forwardly .extending'structure which supports tion, as well-"as the novel features thereof,

the front -part ofthe hood..

The objects-and advantages of the invenwill be hereinafter v\more particularly describedand then specifically pointed out in the appended claims. I Referring to the drawings which show some forms ofthe 'inventionz-Figure 1 is a side View of a hood attached toa motorcar; Fig. 2 shows a modification of the invention; Fig.-3 shows a further modi-fication. y I

In Fig. 1 the complete framework comprises five hoop members a, b, c, a", and e, extending across and supporting the hood.A The hoops `a and c are pivotally connected to the car body and when erected form a V. The hoop b is pivoted to the hoop a about half way up the side of the hoop. The hoop a is` rearwardly inclined and the hoops o and c forwardly inclined so that the two hoops b and o are approximately parallel to onel another. From the hoop o a link or rod hl of the hoodextends which is pivoted to the hoopl b. This link or rod '71. is the rearward link of the overhanging hood extension and one of the end -links referred to in the claims. The link or rod 72'. is pivotally connected to the lower end of the hoop dat a point about coincident with the lower edge of the overhead extension.

The hoop d is forwardly inclined and has alink m alsowtermed an end link of the forward extehsion pivoted to it at a, one

end of said linkbeing pivotally connected to the hoop c at '0, and the other end being pivotally connected to the end of the hoop e -at p. The hoop e lies substantially horizontal when .the hood is open and approxi*v mately coincident with the lower edge of the overhead extension. A link q, pivotally lconnected to the/hoop d and hoop e is arranged to support the hoop e from the Specication of LettersPatent.

`Patented N ov. 2d, tgfd.

'1913. serial No. 785,200.

hoop al. A supplementary suspending link` tis employed which is pivoted at oto the hoop c andgto the rod k at u.

The invention' has been described as relating to one side of the hood only, for the sakev of convenience, but it will be understood that the other' side of the hood is .otherrfrictional retaining device, to engage with the hoop c to steady the parts against lateral movement.- p

4 It-is to be understood that a more or less number of hoops may be employed with the sliding rod connection, the arrangement of the pivots being suitably modified for the purpose. For example Fig.,2 shows diagrammatically a hood similar to Fig. L`1' with a shorter extension'infront,

Fig. 3 shows 'a construction somewhat similar to Fig. 2 which is adapted for what is known as a two seater car. In this construction the forward extension of the hood consists of the rod m and the hoop e the latter being now connected to the end of the rod h, the link t is arranged as before but the rear part of the rod' L is preferably curved as shown. t

What l claim and desire Itosecure by Letters Patent is l. In a hood for vehicles, an upright hoop, an upwardly and rearwardly inclined hoop, a substantially horizontal front hoop, a snspending link pivotally connected to the horizontal and upright hoops, a horizontal link pivotally`connected at its rear end to the inclined rear hoop, a second suspending link pivotally connected at one end to the `irst-mentioned suspending link and to the upright hoop and at its other end to the -v horizontal link, and means connecting the forward end of the horizontal link with the horizontal hoop.

2. ln a hood for vehicles, an upright hoop, an upwardly and rearwardly inclined hoop pivotally connected therewith, a substantially horizontal front hoop, a suspending link pivotally connected to the horizontal and upright hoops, a horizontal link pivotally connected at its rear end to the inclined rear hoop,a,second suspending link pivot ics win testimony whereof have signed my name to this specification in the presence of `@nwo subscribing Witnesses.

WILLIAM FREEMON SPURLNG. 'Witnesses s ALFRED BEESLEY CAMPBELL, HENRY SIMONS BAKER.

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be' obkszie 'ol ve cents each, by addressing he ox'nmssioner of laients.

Washington, D. U. 

